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LOS ANGELES— The hills around Hollywood have always been coveted real estate, but a fight over the sale of a hilltop convent has pitted an order of elderly nuns against the Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles, who wants to sell the property to pop singer Katy Perry. For weeks, lawyers for Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, the nuns and businesswoman Dana Hollister have lobbed...

GENEVA, March 17- Nigeria and Ivory Coast are looking to emulate Senegal's successful move into the market for Islamic bonds, the head of the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector told Reuters. Despite strong growth in the Middle East and Southeast Asia, Islamic finance has lagged in Africa, home to a quarter of the world's Muslims,...

ISTANBUL, March 15- Selling fruit from a cart in a working-class neighbourhood of Istanbul hasn't made Mehmet rich, but he's adamant his modest savings won't ever see the inside of a bank. Under President Tayyip Erdogan, an authoritarian leader with roots in Islamist politics and an aversion to usury, Turkey is hoping it can turn disdain for traditional banks...

AMSTERDAM, Feb 11- Cyber attackers crippled the Dutch government's main websites for most of Tuesday and back-up plans proved ineffective, exposing the vulnerability of critical infrastructure at a time of heightened concern about online security. The United States has beefed up cybersecurity laws and created an intelligence-gathering unit to...

*Thwarted love, disappointed soccer ambitions led youths to Syria. ANTWERP, Belgium, Feb 8- As Belgium braces for a verdict in Europe's biggest trial of those accused of fostering Islamist violence in Syria, much attention is on poor Muslim immigrant communities' struggle in a region blighted by youth unemployment. Local group Sharia4Belgium enticed his then...

HUSAYNAT, Egypt, Feb 4- At a remote spot in the Sinai desert last month, a commander of Egypt's most feared Islamist group outlined his hopes of toppling the country's government. "We will create an Islamic state in Egypt," he said. The militant said he was from the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group, which has killed hundreds of security forces since the military ousted...

Satire is a potent weapon and free speech is under assault, says Michael Rubin, AEI resident fellow, discussing the deadly shooting in Paris that left 12 dead and at least 17 wounded in a Paris shooting.